Cable or wire hanger.



No. 825,236. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. R. G. MOKILIGET. CABLE 0R WIRE HANGER.

APPLIOATIO FILED SEPT.27,1905.

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RICHARD c. MCKILIGET, or NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CABLE on WIRE HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application led September 27, 1905. Serial No. 280,371.

1'0 r/,ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD C. INICKILI- GET, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable or Wire Hangers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as 'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in wire or cable hangers and is especially applicable for suspending the feed-wire of an overhead-trolley line.

The principal ob] ect of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and e'ective means for replacing a worn or broken hanger-support by a new one with comparatively little labor and loss of time.

Vith this object in view the broad idea consists in suspending the shoe member proper by a pair of opposed hangers adapted to be folded upon and interlocked with a rigid hanger member carried by the pole or other support, the grooved or channeled portion of the shoe Inember being of suitable resilient metal to act as a hinge for said movable hanger members.

In the specification and claims the term fixed is employed to distinguish that portion of the suspension means which is adapted to be fixed to the pole or other support from the movable hanger members, which are adapted to be detachably connected to said fixed member.

The following is a detailed description of the invention, the particular features of novelty being pointed out in the claims, and to more clearly understand the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating an application of the same, in which like figures designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure lis a side elevation of one of myimproved hangers with a trolley-wire suspended thereby. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of same. Fig. 3 is an end view in detail of the shoe member and movable hangers suspending same, the dotted lines showing said hangers in their partially open position when the same is to be secured or released from the trolley-wire; and Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the cooperating fixed hanger member.

l is the cable or trolley-wire; 2 the elongated grip or shoe member therefor, comprising two side pieces of rigid material provided with inwardly-disposed engaging shoulders 2a and connected by the longitudinal strip 2b of resilient metal, the parts being so associated with a pair of opposed hanger or hinged members 3 and 4 as to provide a hinge connection between said members. The object ofthe engaging shoulders 2, as is clearly seen from the drawings, is to prevent the wire or cable from rising between the spaced members of the shoe when the parts are clamped into position. In the drawings this is illustrated by the side pieces of the shoe being affixed to the hanger members 3 and 4, the metallic strap 2b, longitudinally connecting the lower edges of the side pieces, being of suflicient fiexibility or resiliency to operate as a hinge.

The hanger members 3 and 4 are of segmental contour, externally screw-threaded and adapted to receive between them a similarly screw-threaded tongue 5, forming a portion of the hanger or support adapted to be fixed to the pole or other main support. In order to make a more perfect connection between the members 3, 4, and 5, the member 3 is of less length than the member 4, the difference in length being compensated for by the non-cut-away screw-threaded portion of the fixed hanger member, (designated by the numeral 6,) the end faces of the members 3 and 4 when the parts are assembled in position being adapted to rest snugly against the shoulders 6a 6b, respectively, formed by the tongue 5 and enlarged portion 6.

The fixed hanger member is preferably provided with a base-piece 7 and may be connected to the pole or other support in any suitable way. In the drawings this is illus- 9 5 trated by providing the member with an internally-screw-threaded socket 7a, adapted to engage a screw-threaded plug on the pole or support.

8 and 9 are a pair of nuts for interlocking the fixed tongue and movable hanger members in their assembled position.

From the foregoing description, inconnection with the illustrative drawings, the operation of the device is apparent.

It will be understood, however, that while the drawings and the description disclose a practical application of the invention I do not restrict myself to the exact details illustrated and described, as it is obvious that IIO modifications might be made without departing Jfrom the spirit ofthe invention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a iixed hanger member, of a shoe comprising spaced members, one of said members being provided with an inwardly-disposed shoulder adapted to engage the upper portion of a suspended wire or cable, a pair of movable hanger members suspending said shoe, and means for interlocking said movable members to said fixed member, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a iixed hanger member, of a pair of movable members coperatively associated therewith, a shoe member composed of two sections sus ended by said movable members, means resi iently connecting the lower portion of said sections and forming a seat for a suspended wire or cable, and means for interlocking said movable members and fixed member when assembled, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a iixed hanger member comprising a bolt cut away to form a projecting tongue portion and shoulders, of a shoe, a pair of movable hanger members suspending said shoe, said movable members being externally screw-threaded and of segmental conformation with respect to said ixed hanger and adapted to snugly engage the tongue and shoulders of said iixed member and form therewith a separable bolt, and a nut for interlocking said members when assembled, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a iixed hanger member comprising a bolt cut away to form camas a projecting tongue portion and non-alined shoulders, a shoe member, a pair of movable hanger members suspending said shoe member, said movable members being externally screw-threaded and of segmental conformation, and one of said movable members being of less length than the other, said movable members and the ends thereof being adapted to snugly engage the tongue and shoulders of said fixed member and form therewith a separable bolt, and a nut for interlocking said members when assembled. y

5. The combination with the fixed hanger member provided with the screw-threaded tongue portion, of externally-screw-threaded movable hanger members cooperatively associated with said fixed hanger member to form therewith a separable bolt, an interlocking nut forsaid members when assembled, and a shoe member suspended by said movable hanger members, comprising a pair of elongated side pieces secured to said movable hanger members, engaging shoulders formed on the lower edges of said side pieces, and a strap of exible metal extending longitudinally of the lower edges of said side pieces, secured thereto and forming with said shoulders a gripping means for the cable or wire when the parts are assembled and interlocked.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD C. MCKILIGET. Witnesses:

HUBERT M. ANsLnYQ JOSEPH A. REILLY 

